Steering Into Space
“Sitting quietly and steering into space while figuring out what to do next” Marie Shannon, Artist
These words sum up so much of the past several weeks, even months, for me. I marvel at the amount of time I can spend just sitting quietly, not meditating, just sitting quietly steering into space. I have berated myself for what seems like a great waste of time. Then as time passed and I simply went with this need, it was as if the universe was getting me to see beyond the visible in the here and now. Ideas began to appear in relation to all parts of my life, I started taking note of my ideas, not engaging with them as I wasn’t finished with sitting quietly.
Last night I went to a lecture given by the present artist in residence at Tylee Cottage, Whanganui, Marie Shannon and I credit her quote at the top of this blog for clarifying what has been going on for me. I am figuring out all sorts of things I want to do next. This time spent in steering into space seems to be a very healthy way of moving from controlled planning to embrace the possibilities of the future. It seems a way of celebrating the changes in my energy since coming out of the dark space that long term depression enveloped me in.
I’m still figuring out what to do next as I now have a load of idea’s and images listed in my journal ready to focus on. It feels energising and exciting. Giving oneself the privilege of just sitting quietly steering into space, is a very health, self-loving thing to do. To spend time not pressuring yourself to make plans, to perform or be engaged with anything in particular allows us to be comfortable with our own stillness, our own silence. It gives us time to hear our inner creative self. It is what the romantic poet John Keats meant when he referred to negative capability as the “capacity of the greatest writers to purse a vision of artistic beauty even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty” Wikipedia says “it is the ability of the individual to perceive, think and operate beyond any presupposition of a predetermined capacity of the human being”.
I wanted to share this very special experience with you just in case you are “sitting quietly steering into space” and maybe berating yourself for doing so. It is a very wonderful experience; enjoy your quiet time as it is a time of great incubation.
Let me know of about your quiet time, you will have wonderfully creative things to share with others and in turn this will encourage others toward their next beautiful idea or creation.
These words sum up so much of the past several weeks, even months, for me. I marvel at the amount of time I can spend just sitting quietly, not meditating, just sitting quietly steering into space. I have berated myself for what seems like a great waste of time. Then as time passed and I simply went with this need, it was as if the universe was getting me to see beyond the visible in the here and now. Ideas began to appear in relation to all parts of my life, I started taking note of my ideas, not engaging with them as I wasn’t finished with sitting quietly.
Last night I went to a lecture given by the present artist in residence at Tylee Cottage, Whanganui, Marie Shannon and I credit her quote at the top of this blog for clarifying what has been going on for me. I am figuring out all sorts of things I want to do next. This time spent in steering into space seems to be a very healthy way of moving from controlled planning to embrace the possibilities of the future. It seems a way of celebrating the changes in my energy since coming out of the dark space that long term depression enveloped me in.
I’m still figuring out what to do next as I now have a load of idea’s and images listed in my journal ready to focus on. It feels energising and exciting. Giving oneself the privilege of just sitting quietly steering into space, is a very health, self-loving thing to do. To spend time not pressuring yourself to make plans, to perform or be engaged with anything in particular allows us to be comfortable with our own stillness, our own silence. It gives us time to hear our inner creative self. It is what the romantic poet John Keats meant when he referred to negative capability as the “capacity of the greatest writers to purse a vision of artistic beauty even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty” Wikipedia says “it is the ability of the individual to perceive, think and operate beyond any presupposition of a predetermined capacity of the human being”.
I wanted to share this very special experience with you just in case you are “sitting quietly steering into space” and maybe berating yourself for doing so. It is a very wonderful experience; enjoy your quiet time as it is a time of great incubation.
Let me know of about your quiet time, you will have wonderfully creative things to share with others and in turn this will encourage others toward their next beautiful idea or creation.